Question

I’ll give 25points but I NEED ANWSER NOW!!!!

A population of fish in a pond is decreasing by 4% each year. If the population starts
with 250 fish in the first year, how many fish will there be in year 9?
Round to the nearest whole fish.

Answer 1

250*(0.96)^8=180 (rounded)

Explanation:

The first year, we know there are 250. Moving on every year, we multiply the # from the previous year by 0.96, which is the same as taking 96 percent (excluding the decreasing 4%). This gives us a multiplication of 0.96 ^8, which we have to multiply by the original 250